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Update Information
| Title |
Backdoors & Breaches: How Talos is helping humanitarian aid NGOs prepare for cyber attacks |
| Update ID |
TALOSBLOG:8C713E4ABD965010EF1C64AEBF22D81D |
| Type |
talosblog |
| Published |
2025-08-04T16:00:57 |
| Last Updated |
2025-08-04T16:00:57 |
Security Impact
AI Analysis
| AI Description |
Talos and NetHope created a tabletop exercise called Backdoors & Breaches to help NGOs improve their cybersecurity preparedness. The expansion deck addresses unique challenges faced by international and domestic NGOs, providing practical scenarios for incident response training. |
| AI Severity |
Medium |
| AI Vendor |
Cisco Talos |
| AI Product |
Backdoors & Breaches |
Update Details
* In 2023, Talos collaborated with NetHope and Cisco Crisis Response to create a customized Backdoors & Breaches expansion deck for international humanitarian organizations, addressing their unique cybersecurity challenges. * The new expansion deck helps NGOs with constrained budgets improve proactive security and incident response skills through engaging tabletop exercises that are specific to their technical, political, and logistical challenges. * Hundreds of expansion decks have been distributed to international NGOs, and Talos has received positive feedback for their practicality and relevance. * Building on this success, we partnered with NGO-ISAC to develop a United States-specific deck for domestic NGOs, enhancing their cybersecurity preparedness.
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